Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:
I shrugged my shoulders, mumbled, 'I'll be right back,' and went out into the
darkness. At first I couldn't see anything at all. I groped my way along the
stone-paved street. I lit a cigarette. Suddenly the moon came out from behind
a black cloud, lighting up a weather-beaten white wall. I stopped in my tracks,
blinded by that whiteness. A faint breeze stirred the air and I could smell the
fragrance of the tamarind trees. The night was murmurous with the sounds of
leaves and insects. The crickets had bivouacked among the tall weeds. I raised
my eyes: up there the stars were also camping out. I thought that the whole
universe was a grand system of signals, a conversation among enormous beings.
My own actions, the creak of a cricket, the blinking of a star, were merely
pauses and syllables, odd fragments of that dialogue. I was only one syllable,
of only one word.
1. Who are engaged in the dialogue referred to in the passage?
2. 'I was only one syllable, of only one word.' What does it signify?
3. What quality of the night is felt quite striking for the narrator?
4. Classify the following group of words into two heads as shown below.
the moon, came out from behind, a faint breeze,
my own actions, raised my eyes, shrugged my shoulder
the moon
came out from behind
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